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School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Kosina Collection


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0369 SKOS

Held at: School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Title: Kosina Collection

Date(s): 1948-1983

Level of description: Collection (Fonds)

Extent: 4 volumes and one bundle

Name of creator(s): Kosina | Josef | fl 1939-1983 | trade unionist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Josef Kosina was secretary of the Czechslovak Trade Union Congress. In 1939 he came to live in Britain where he worked for the BBC Czech service.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Typescripts by Josef Kosina, entitled "Vzpominky z druhe Svetove Valky [Memoirs of the Second World War] and "Czechoslovakia: her rise and fall"; also index cards, notes and bibliography for the former typescript; anonymous letter addressed to Kosina, 1955; notes and newspapers.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Czech and English

System of arrangement:

As described in scope and content

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/libraries-and-study-spaces/ucl-school-slavonic-and-east-european-studies-library

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Date(s) of descriptions: Revised Dec 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
European history | National history
Slav cultures | European cultures | National cultures
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names
Kosina | Josef | fl 1939-1983 | trade unionist and author

Corporate names

Places
Czechoslovakia | Eastern Europe
Europe